Election Violence: Bomb blasts in Anambra polling unit

Another bomb explosion has occurred in Anambra state.

This occurred less than an hour after the explosion in Enugu. This explosion occurred at a polling unit called Atom in Umuokpara Primary school Awka ward one.

Tinubu embarrassed by thug at Polling unit

A former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was embarrassed by a thug, Ise Aye,
while Tinubu was doing his accreditation at polling unit 047 on Kaffi/Sunday Adigun Street,
Alausa, Ikeja.

The thug, who had scars on his face and tattoos all over his body, shouted at the governor and
accused him of neglecting some of the youths in the area.
While shouting in Yoruba, he said, “You abandoned us here. The leaders here did not give us money. I know what I have suffered in the
hands of the PDP all because I refused to join them. We remained loyal to the APC because of your late mother (Iya Mogaji) that lived here.

“Anytime I come here looking for money, they refer me to Bourdillon in Ikoyi but no one allows me to enter your mansion.”

Tinubu, who felt insulted by the outburst, described Ise Aye as an untrained young man lacking in wisdom.
He said, “Do you have any sense at all? Is that how you were trained to talk to elders. Get out of here, you are embarrassing me.”
The young man eventually prostrated for Tinubu.
Tinubu, while addressing journalists at his late mother’s home, said he was impressed with the conduct of the elections so far.
The APC leader admitted that it took a few minutes before the card reader could authenticate his finger print but added that it still remained the best option.

Source: Punch

This might help with failing card readers

Someone just sent this to me now. It could help with failing card readers

Card readers were apparently failing often at a polling booth near an Accenture staff's home. And the guy couldn't understand why...cos the readers were all new. So he approached the INEC woman. Inspected the reader. Only to find the protective film on the lense of the reader had not been removed. After a protracted argument he convinced the woman to remove it. The reader not only read the prior rejected cards, it was reading with even faster response time. Please share. It could help a lot.

Card Readers fail to accredit Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife Dame Patience Jonathan are still not accredited to vote in this ongoing election process.

Three card readers have failed to read the president's and his wife's biometrics and accredit them as eligible voters.

The President arrived the polling centre at 9:20 am and was yet to be accredited after one hour as three card readers rejected his card.

Jonathan was later accredited manually and said he will return by 1 pm.

INEC chairman Attahiru Jega had earlier said in places where the PVCs fail, the commission's officials should resort to manual accreditation.

House of Reps elections Postponed in Jigawa

The Independent National Electoral Commission
has postponed elections in
seven federal constituencies out of the eleven in Jigawa state.

The resident electoral commissioner
Alhaji Halliru Aliyu Tambawel said this while speaking to news
men at INEC headquarter in Dutse.

He said the postponement was caused by the short-fall of sensitive materials including ballot papers
and results sheets from the Central Bank of Nigeria.

The seven constituencies are; Dutse/Kiyawa, Ringim/ Taura, HadeJia/
Kafin Hausa/Auyo, Jahun Miga ,
Gumel/Maigatari/Sule tankarkar/ Gagarawa, Kaugama/
Malam-madori and Gwaram Federal
constituencies.
Elections in Babura/Garki, Birnin Kudu /Buji, Birniwa/ Guri/
Kirikasamma and Kazaure/Roni/
Gwiwa/’yankwashi federal constituencies are expected to hold as slated.
The resident electoral commissioner also said, the Presidential election and senatorial elections will hold today at all 27 local
government areas in the state.

Bomb blast rocks polling unit in Enugu

A bomb blast has occured at a polling unit in Enugu
and another averted this morning at a polling unit in Enugu, according to reports.

The polling unit is in WTC Primary
School. Another blast was averted by anti bomb squad when it was diffused.
The second bomb was removed from a Honda vehicle.
Speaking on the incident, The Commissioner of
Police, Dan Bature, confirmed the blast and said another was averted by the Anti-Bomb Squad.

Accreditation of Voters begin.....Go and get accredited

Accreditation of voters for today's election has begun around the country. Presidential candidates Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari have arrived their polling units in Otuoke and Daura respectively.

General Buhari has just been accredited while President Jonathan is waiting to be accredited.

The accreditation process is yet to start in some places though